A
soup of corpse for wife's illness (Go
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Islamabad:
Police have arrested a man in China after he was suspected
of 30 corpses from local graveyards, cooking soup with their
flesh and crushing the bones in a bid to heal his sick wife,
a report in the Daily Times said Thursday. Identified as
Huang, the 51-year old man was arrested in Kaijiang county
falling under south-western Sichuan province. The needle
of suspicion turned on him after corpses had disappeared
mysteriously from local cemeteries since 1988, the paper
quoted a report in a Chinese daily as saying. According
to preliminary investigations, the suspected man stolethe
bodies after a fortune teller told him that fresh body parts
were the only remedy for his wife's seemingly incurable
and unidentified illness. He was told to carve off the flesh
and cook soup for his wife, or grind the bones into a powder
that he was to smear on her forehead, the report concluded.
Sharon
Stone dumped by lover (Go
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Washington:
Movie actress Sharon Stone has reportedly split from
her attorney lover Bernie Cahill just days after announcing
that she was madly in love with him. The 'Basic Instinct'
star has been dumped by Cahill as the Nashville, Tennessee
based lawyer felt that their romance was moving too fast.
"Sharon is a very attractive woman, but she's very headstrong
and demanding. Sharon had fallen head over heels for Bernie
and was pushing to tie the knot," imdb quoted a source as
saying. The sexy actress will next be seen on the silver
screen this summer opposite Halle Berry in 'Catwoman'.
Divorcing
couple to clash in court over parrot's custody (Go
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London:
A couple in Argentina, who have been divorced recently
are all set to go to court to fight over the custody of
their pet parrot. According to Ananova, the couple from
Cordoba had the parrot named Paquito for ten years before
they decided to go separate ways. However, the husband is
now accusing his ex-wife of stealing the bird and wants
a judge to decide who should keep it. "My client took the
parrot to a friend's house so that her children could see
the bird which they really missed.The parrot had been left
with their father and they had never seen it," the report
quoted Benjamim Astudillo, the woman's lawyer as saying.
Local police have now got involved in the dispute and are
trying to decide who is the legitimate owner of the parrot.
Girl
falls from third floor and lands on dog (Go
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London:
A four-year-old girl Livia Ungureanu fell from a third
floor balcony, but was saved after she landed on a stray
dog. According to Ananova, Ungureanu from Baile Olanesti
in central Romania fell from the balcony of her family home
after leaning too far over to throw food to a dog named
Nusa. "She leaned too far over the balcony standing on a
stool and lost her balance while I wasn't looking. I saw
her lying on the ground and thought the worst. But she fell
on top of the dog which cushioned her fall," the report
quoted Ungureanu's grandmother, Jeni Ungureanu, 77, as saying.
Doctors at the local hospital released the youngster after
a check-up and said that she was extremely lucky to have
sustained only minor injuries. Besides, Nusa was also given
the all clear by a village vet. "It's a miracle that she
is still alive. This dog saved her life," added Ungureanu's
grandma who has now agreed to let her keep the dog as a
pet.
Coppola,Tarantino
get cozy (Go
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New
York: Celebrated directors Sofia Coppola and Quentin
Tarantino have sparked reports they're dating, following
a series of intimate meetings in New York. The maverick
movie-makers stunned diners at Manhattan's plush Downtown
Cipriani restaurant on Friday, when the unlikely pair sat
down together for a romantic meal, reports IMDb. Coppola
and Tarantino fueled speculation about their romance when
they were spotted strolling the streets of New York with
their arms wrapped around each other. 'Lost In Translation'
director Coppola later visited a video shop with Tarantino,
they rented some movies and left looking "very cozy". However,
a representative for the directors has downplayed reports
of a romance, insisting the pair is just "good friends".
Madonna
hits back at Warner (Go
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New
York: Pop queen Madonna has hit back at her record company
Warner Music following their lawsuit against her Maverick
Records imprint. According to IMDb, the two companies are
currently suing each other, with Maverick accusing Warner
of causing loss due to mismanagement, and Warner hitting
back that the label - which boasts of artists including
Alanis Morissette and Michelle Branch - has lost 66 million
dollars in the last five years. However, Maverick's attorney
Bert Fields claims the dispute was on the brink of resolution,
before Warner's new owner Edgar Bronfman Jr., ended negotiations
and proceeded to court last month "First, Warner Music stabbed
Madonna in the back by filing this suit in Delaware just
as we were on the verge of settling this. Then, they turn
their PR department loose to smear her," Maverick's attorney
Bert Fields was quoted as saying. The attorney counters
that Maverick has made Warner a massive profit, and the
major label's aggressive stance may have affected their
ability to attract artists in the future.
'Take
That' abandons Robbie Williams (Go
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London:
Take That, the most famous Boy band of the nineties
is getting back together after a gap of six years, but the
band's most popular former member Robbie Williams will not
be joining the band. However, the other four members of
the British band - Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Jason Orange
and Howard Donald, are planning a one-off live performance,
sometime at the end of this year as well as a series of
TV appearances and interviews. The "how Deep is Your Love"
singers had split after they sacked Robbie Williams. Following
the break-up, Robbie was the only one who managed to establish
a successful solo career. "The band's record label BMG came
to us with the idea of releasing live footage of their old
concerts. It was obvious that there's still a lot of interest
in the band - and none of the footage has ever been put
out, the reunion is part of the deal," The Sun quoted former
band manager Nigel Martin Smith, as saying. However "Feel"
singer Robbie has refused to even consider a reunion and
was reported to be furious at the suggestion of getting
back with Take That whose hits include "Back For Good" and
"Relight My Fire".
